New Delhi, Jan 16 : A Delhi court today dismissed the the Zee News Ltd's plea for direction to CBI to lodge an FIR against Congress MP Naveen Jindal for allegedly trying to “influence” the hearing before the News Broadcasting Standards Authority in connection with the alleged extortion bid case.
Special CBI Judge Dharmesh Sharma rejected the plea saying that the points raised for direction to the CBI to investigate the matter against Jindal, his firm Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and its various officials were “ex-facie flimsy.”
“Last but not the least, the points that have been raised in the application for CBI investigation are ex-facie flimsy, appear to be vexatious and frivolous with the sole purpose of embarking on a fishing enquiry that shall be gross abuse and misuse of the process of law.”
“... the present application under section 156 (3) of the CrPC as well as the complaint are dismissed,” the judge said.
In its application, Zee News Ltd had alleged that the Congress MP had called the NBSA Chairman J S Verma, a former Chief Justice of India, and had tried to influence him in connection with the hearing of a matter pending before NBSA.
The court, while dismissing the plea, said there is “no cause of action” in favour of Zee News to file such complaint.
“At the outset, I find that there is no cause of action or substratum in favour of the complainant company to file the present complaint and/or to seek an order under section 156 (3) of the CrPC,” it said.
“Adverting to the instant case, first thing first, in the proceedings that occurred before the NBSA vide item number 7 on October 31, 2012, there is no iota of mention about the alleged incident of accused number one (Jindal) approaching or attempting to approach the chairman of NBSA,” it said.
